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reading list automatic status
When working on a reading list from within Alma it would be useful if the status changed automically. For example when a member of staff chooses 'Work On' from the dropdown in actions list the status should change to 'Being Processed'. Currently this has to be done manually.
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Add a Create Work Order Tab to Scan In Items
Adding a Create Work Order tab to Scan In Items, with dropdown options for Process Type, Do Not Pick from Shelf, Notes and Managing Department, could greatly reduce some of the repetitive clicking and scanning done by processing staff throughout the day.
4 votesHello All,
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Facilitate automatic transiting option to specified department when creating a work order
A frequent complaint I hear about work orders is repetitive scanning. Adding a radio button that allows an operator to place the item in transit directly to the work order department specified when the work order is created could eliminate the necessity of scanning an item to place it in transit after creating a work order. The option would be helpful from both the Place Items In Process screen after Work Order is selected from a Row Actions List, and within the Create Physical Item Work Order job.
4 votesHello All,
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Cancel reading room items on hold shelf picked up by user via PRIMO
It would be nice, if the patron could cancel items via PRIMO, that are on the hold shelf of the reading room and have already been picked up.
6 votesHello All,
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Offer same Row Actions List options from the results list on both Scan In Items tabs
It would be useful to be able to cancel a request and edit items from the results list in the Change Item Information tab of Scan In Items, like you currently can from the Scan In Items tab. It's confusing that both editing items and cancelling requests necessitate a Scan In Item tab change.
1 voteHello All,
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Search by Author
There does not appear to be a way to search by author. Keyword search does not search by author either. (Listed as Book By in the program)
3 votesHello All,
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Keystrokes For Shortcut Ctrl+W (Close) Is Too Similar To Alt+W (Patron ID)
Ctrl+W Should Not Close The Window. It Is Too Easy To Mix It Up With Alt+W. Often a person is waiting to be helped and I accidentally use Ctrl+W instead of Alt+W to pull up the box to scan a patron's identification card and consequently the Alma Window closes, requiring me to find your web page and log-in again while the Patron stares at me getting frustrated.
1 voteHello All,
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Change Fulfillment to Circulation
Fulfillment isn't an intuitive label for us. Circulation is the term we use, or allow libraries to call it whatever they want if you don't want to change it globally.
6 votesHello All,
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To be able to search citations in Alma by instructor's name
Please add "instructor" to the "Citations" search to make it easier to see all of the materials a certain professor has on reserve. Some professors teach multiple classes and will ask for a list of everything they have in Course Reserves rather than just lists for certain courses. Thanks.
3 votesHello All,
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Blocks tab on User Details screen should display system assigned blocks as well as librarian assigned blocks.
The blocks tab on the User Details screen should display system assigned blocks as well as librarian assigned blocks.
It is confusing for staff if a user is blocked but the block doesn't show on the user details screen, only via Manage Patron Services.
This idea is partly related to "Make Manage Fulfillment Activities the same thing as Manage Patron Services" (https://ideas.exlibrisgroup.com/forums/308173-alma/suggestions/36274744-make-manage-fulfillment-activities-the-same-thing) - one of the ongoing issues with Alma from a staff point of view are the number of different screens things are under, and not in a particularly intuitive way. Waive a fine here, pay a…
17 votesHello All,
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Dynamically set "addressFrom" field for "On Hold Shelf Letter" based on item location
A few libraries in our consortium have expressed interest in more granularity for "On Hold Shelf Letter" configuration.
In particular, the ability to have this letter dynamically show the ILL sender email address (ILL@institution.edu) for any item with a Resource Sharing (RS) location code. If an item has any other location code, show the Circulation sender email address (circ@institution.edu).
It would be ideal be able to set this type of condition in a rule similar to the way Display Logic Rules work in the Alma Configuration Menu.
Currently the circulation email address is our default and…
14 votesHello All,
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Facets on reading lists page do not behave as expected
When selecting 'up to a week ago' or 'up to three days ago' from the facets on the Reading Lists page, I expect to see everything modified from today up to either a week ago or up to three days ago. Instead, selecting 'up to three days ago' excludes lists modified today or yesterday. Selecting 'up to a week ago,' excludes lists modified today, yesterday, and up to three days ago. In response to my Salesforce case, Ex Libris Support said this is how the facets are designed to work and to submit an enhancement request.
7 votesHello All,
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Scan item: Display Location
When "scan items" add an option for LOCATION. Different items may go to different areas in the library and will be boxed accordingly. It would be nice to see that location when the item is scanned.
2 votesHello All,
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Don't show expired courses in reading lists
When using Scan In Items to add new items to a reading list, staff often have to scroll through a large number of reading lists attached to expired courses. We would like a way to hide these to make the list easier to work with.
6 votesHello All,
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Scan to remove item from Awaiting Shelving status
The August 2019 release included an option to set a designated time in which returned items are in an "Awaiting Reshelving" status. However, items aren't always shelved in a consistent amount of time, meaning that items could show a status of "Awaiting Reshelving" when they are already on the shelf. This could be solved by being able to manually scan items out of "Awaiting Reshelving" to restore the "In Place" status just before they are shelved.
The ideal function would be when an item in "Awaiting Reshelving" status is scanned in as an in-house use, it would change the item's…
5 votesHello All,
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Separate courtesy notice before max loan period reached
Users as well as staff find it difficult to keep track of the max loan period, especially with auto-renewals the expectation is that the loan period gets renewed all the time, and it catches people by surprise that the max period has been reached. A separate message warning them of the max loan period approaching, with its own configurable number of days before due date it will be sent, would give users time to arrange for either return of items or bringing them in for renewal.
4 votesHello All,
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Add Last Check-in (Return) Date field to Details Tab
Add Last Check-in (Return) Date field to Details Tab
The Details tab only has the last check out date--which is often not helpful--especially if the item is not currently checked out. Our patrons can renew 7 times so, depending on privileges, they can have the item for anywhere from 7 months to 7 years. Seeing the date the item was returned would be extremely useful when trying to see if the item should be shelved or if an item is missing.
Having to click on Edit and then History to see this information is time-consuming and student employees aren't all…3 votesHello All,
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Allow extra xsl files
Currently ALMA does not let you add extra call template files. You are stuck with the default ones
../xsl/letters/calltemplate/style.xsl
../xsl/letters/calltemplate/smsRecordTitle.xsl
../xsl/letters/calltemplate/senderReceiver.xsl
../xsl/letters/calltemplate/recordTitle.xsl
../xsl/letters/calltemplate/mailReason.xsl
../xsl/letters/calltemplate/header.xsl
../xsl/letters/calltemplate/footer.xsl
../xsl/letters/calltemplate/esploroStyle.xsl
../xsl/letters/call_template/esploroSenderReceiver.xslThis is okay, if every letter xsl you write is different, but it becomes annoying of a few of them share some functionality.
Then you are stuck either repeating this functionality in both the xsl letters or writing the xsl to include some external templateAllowing users to define extra call templates just for inclusing in letter xsl's would fix this
4 votesHello All,
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Renovación de préstamo vencido
Actualmente no es posible bloquear sólo la renovación de los préstamos vencidos y permitir la renovación de las préstamos no vencidos en el mismo tiempo. O bien se está bloqueando de todas las opciones de renovación o no.
Por este motivo, proponemos que se incluya una configuración que permita a los usuarios renovar un préstamo que se encuentra en término aún teniendo otro préstamo vencido.
Esperemos apoyen nuestra solicitud.
5 votesHello All,
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Add user notes to user_for_printing in letters XML
We use a hold shelf for most books, but some need to be sent by mail, and this is indicated in user notes.
Would be really useful if user notes could be included in the XML for letters like FulPlaceOnHoldShelfLetter and FulReasourceRequestSlipLetter. Then we could modify the output from these according to content found in the notes.
1 voteHello All,
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